Net security programs

[Paul Melson]

On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 12:40:28PM -0400, Torgo Jr wrote:
> I seem to recall a while back seeing a curses-based net 
> monitoring program, but I can't find it (since I don't 
> remember the name of it).  It would just sit there and 
> dump stats about the various traffic on a device in 
> an easy to read fashion.  Can anyone recommend such 
> a program?  I'm learning more about network security, 
> and I want to see if anyone is poking around my ppp0 
> interface when I'm online.  A freshmeat search turns 
> up gobs of various monitoring programs, and I'd rather 
> not spend the time trying them all.

	Sounds like `sniffit` or `trafshow` to me.
	They both support /dev/ppp0.  Of course,
	if you want a really good packet monitoring
	system for Linux that doesn't require you to
	watch a terminal winodw 24/7, may I recommend
	`snort` ?

	http://www.snort.org

PaulM

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